Workshop on Blockchain Technology and Theory

23 July 2018, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK

A blockchain is a distributed ledger for recording transactions,
maintained by many nodes without central authority through a distributed
cryptographic protocol. All nodes validate the information to be appended
to the blockchain, and a consensus protocol ensures that the nodes agree on
a unique order in which entries are appended. Consensus protocols for
tolerating Byzantine faults have received renewed attention because they
also address blockchain systems.

The aim of this workshop is to bring together researchers and
practitioners working in distributed systems,
cryptography, and security, from academia and industry, who are interested
in the technology and theory of blockchains and their protocols.

The programme of this one-day event will consist of a few invited
speakers presenting recent results in the area of blockchains, which are
also of interest to the field of distributed computing. Attendance is open
to anyone. There will also be some space for discussing open problems and
future research directions.